TheTreeWrangler

the above post was from early on, forgot to press the button... anyway , im going to look at a TW230 this week, has around 800 hours and looks ok from the photos , it was this or a Forst st6 which was a lot cheaper what to look out for, any one of two things .. I know engines

hi all thanks for the replies some useful info .. Im still on the fence which way to go, but going to have to make a decision soon .. been thinking .. if the prices of a TW150 was cheaper then id be happy with that, but seems like a lot of money for an old machine , tho I have found someone who sells them fully refurbished , Have seen a fair few Forsts now, some scruffy looking ones, but cheaper than the TW230 about the same price as TW150 .. I have been looking at some TW230 and I prob could stretch to around 10k Something id like to ask is there much init between petrol and diesel ? what would you pick and why ..? thanks ..

hi all thanks for the replies some useful info .. Im still on the fence which way to go, but going to have to make a decision soon .. been thinking .. if the prices of a TW150 was cheaper then id be happy with that, but seems like a lot of money for an old machine , tho I have found someone who sells them fully refurbished , Have seen a fair few Forsts now, some scruffy looking ones, but cheaper than the TW230 about the same price as TW150 .. I have been looking at some TW230 and I prob could stretch to around 10k Something id like to ask is there much init between petrol and diesel ? what would you pick and why ..? thanks ..

so were still looking, we do have a few to look at , albeit on the cheaper side .. im kinda put off from the Forst now , tho they did seem to be a bit cheaper, but reliability is a must, I guess all things go wrong tho , does the Forst have the same engine as the TW ?

the TW230 im only seeing them around 12K .. which is more than we had budgeted for ..

oh.. I know the paint flakes off a fair bit, can you tell me more .. thanks ..

this is what I thought, the ST6 was much inline with the Tw230 .. which is why I was thinking a Tw150 at 8k is on the higher side ..

Hi all ... Im new to posting in the forum, tho have gained a lot of useful info in the past from here.. was hoping to get a little advice on some chippers from some more seasoned guys .. I run a small part time tree business, only modest but the time has come that we need to upgrade from our old faithful gravity fed chipper, we have put this off for a while now.. looking at buying second hand, our budget is around 8K, we have seen some nice looking fully refurbished TW150's and we have seen a few Forst ST6 for much the same price.. both look like they would do what we need, I'm guessing the ST6 is better and much newer, but would a fully refurbished TW150 be a better buy? that a STW with around 1000 hours on it.. ? any thoughts and experience on these would be great and much appreciated ..